Thank goodness for the Garden!

With all this poor weather, its reminded me how important gardens are both for people and wildlife - we get to see wildlife on our doorstep without having to venture out and wildlife can find some shelter and food.

We had a garden first yesterday with a male Azure Damselfly visiting our small pond......

Over the years we have had a wide range of unusual species visiting our Glasgow garden and since the weather isn't conducive to taking new pictures I've dug out a few from over the years that shows what can turn up in a small back garden.

Hummingbird Hawkmoth - 2006

Large Yellow Underwing moth - 2008

Bohemian Waxwing - 2008

Wood Mice - 2010

Elephant Hawkmoth caterpillar - 2010

Brambling - 2010

Fieldfare - 2010

Blackcap on feeder - 2012

The rarest, however, is this little bird that flew all the way from Siberia and spent 2 mornings in our garden in late autumn 2011 - a Yellow-browed Warbler...........................

So if you are lucky enough to have a garden, keep your eyes open, you don't know what you might attract!